All devices are in the following state when received from the manufacturer.

• A. Nascent
• B. New
• C. Mature
• D. Deployed

Answer: (A)

Nascent describes the earliest stage in a device’s lifecycle. When hardware comes straight from the manufacturer, it hasn’t yet been imaged, configured, secured, or deployed into operations. It exists in a raw, initial form, ready to undergo setup and provisioning before it becomes an active asset.

New could be interpreted as correct in everyday language, but nascent specifically conveys this initial, pre-deployment status. Mature and deployed refer to later stages after refinement or actual use, so they don’t fit the situation.